Bevel-gear connection for seeders.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

W. FETZBR. BEVBL GEAR CONNECTION FOR SEEDBRS.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 10, 1-903.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM FETZER, OF MIDDLE'IOWN, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,721, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed April 10, 1903.

To aZZ whom, it Wmy concern:

Be itknown that I, XYILLIAM FETZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovem ents in Bevel-Gear Connections for Seeders; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to improvements in bcvelgear connections, and particularly to means for retaining a rotating shaft in a given relation to a second rotating shaft extending at right angles to the first and receiving power therefrom.

The object in view is the production of mechanism designed particularly for use in connection with seeders for supporting a drive-shaft at right angles to a seed-cup-dropper-actuating shaft while permitting communication of power between said shafts.

lVith this and other objects in View the invention consists in combination, with a powershaft and an operating-shaft at right angles thereto, of a gear carried by said operatingshaft and formed with a stem projecting therefrom, a bracket finding a bearing on said stem, and a pinion carried by said bracket meshing with said gear-wheel and receiving power from said power-shaft.

It further consists in certain other novel constructions, combination, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view in side elevation of a bevelgear connection embodying the features of the present invention, the common type of seed cups being illustrated in connection therewith in their given relation. Fig. 2 represents a vertical central section through the parts. Fig. 3 represents a detail section through the bevel-gear detached.

In grain-seeders it is common to provide suitable grain-cups and a common shaft therefor for operating the discharge mechanism thereof, said shaft being usually driven from the axle of the seeder, motion being imparted from said axle to said shaft through an inter- Serial No. 152.024. (No model.)

posed power-shaft and suitable gearing. By the present invention I contemplate accomplishing this result with a minimum of parts, which parts, asdisclosed in the accompanying drawings, consist of abevel-gear 1, mounted upon an operatingshaft 2, said shaft being preferably polysided and said gear being pro= vided with a stem or sleeve 3, extending from the front face thereof, inclosing said shaft and forming a bearing for a bracket at. The bracket 4 finds a bearing on the cylindrical outer surface of stem 3 and carries a laterally bent or curved strap 5, preferably formed integral therewith and carrying at its free end a sleeve 6. The bracket at is bored vertically in alinement with the bore or sleeve 6 for receiving the end of power-shaft 7, which shaft extends through sleeve 6 and carries a pinion 8 between said sleeve and the body portion of the bracket at in position for normally meshing with the gear 1. In front of the bracket 4 is arranged a sleeve 9, surrounding shaft 2 and locked thereto by any suitable set-screw 10, whereby the parts will be prevented from having lateral movement in one direction longitudinally of shaft 2, and a sleeve 11, surrounding said shaft and locked thereto by a screw 12, prevents lateral play in the opposite direction.

Although I have illustrated the sleeve 11 as formed separately and independent of the gear 1, yet it will be readily obvious that the same may be made integral therewith with out deviation from the present invention.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the shaft 7 extends at right angles. to the plane of shaft 2 and is supported in position for imparting movement to said latter shaft by a bracket revolubly mounted about a polysided shaft, no auxiliary braces or outside parts being necessary for retaining the shafts in their given relations.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Amechanism of the class described, comprising a driven shaft and a driving-shaft, a bevel-gear secured to the driven shaft, a bevel-pinion carried by the driving-shaft and meshing with said. gear, a locking-bracket bearing against the hubs of both of said gears and means separate from the bevel-gear for preventing its longitudinal movement upon the driven shaft.

2. An actuating-gearing for seeders, comprising a driven shaft for operating a seeddropping mechanism, a power-shaft arranged at right angles thereto for driving the said shaft, a bevel-gear mounted upon the driven shaft, a bevel-pinion carried by the power or driving shaft, a bracket engaging the hubs of both of the gears for tying them together and collars secured to the driven shaft and bearing against the bevel-gear for preventing the gear from moving longitudinally on the shaft and from being loosened by the action of the gears.

3. Aseeder-operating mechanism, comprising a polygonal driven shaft, a driving-shaft arranged at an angle thereto, a bevel-gear having a polygonal aperture for fitting upon the said driven shaft the said gear having an 

